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Wind farm steadily progressing
The wind farm project atop the mountain is the hottest issue in the island of Mindoro. Probably not only because of the P6 billion price tag but its wide-ranging impact to the community. It started way back in 2006 when Nicanor Villasenor, the former president of Philippine Hybrid Energy Systems, Inc or PHESI came to town and presented a very ambitious Wind Energy Power System to be installed on top of the mountain of Tabinay and Baclayan. Initially, the project was worth P1.7 billion with a capacity of 18-megawatt but 6 years later, it ballooned to P6 billion and with a capacity of 48-megawatt, making it one of the biggest…


